Heel-plate.



J. JEFPRE.

HEEL PLATE, APPLICATION FILED FEB. 18, 1911.

999,566. Patented Aug. 1, 1911.

Joseph 1e i-Fre COLUMBIA FLANOORAPH 110.. WASHINGTON. D. c,

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JOSEPH JEFFRE, OF GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN.

HEEL-PLATE.

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Application filed February 16, 1911.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Josnrrr JEFFRE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Grand Rapids, in the county of Kent and State of Michigan,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Heel- Plates, ofwhich the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in heel plates for use upongentlemens and ladies shoes, and its object is to provide a heel platethat may be readily adjusted to the form of any size or shape of heel,or to any edge of a shoe sole. 1 attain this object by the mechanismillustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which Figure 1 is a plan ofthe two wings of the plate, Fig. 2 is a plan of a shoe sole and heelwith the plates attached in different positions. Fig. 3 is an edge viewof the plate assembled with spurs near the points with which to secureit to the shoe without the use of screws or nails. Fig. d is a plan ofone wing of the plate with apertures for the passage of nails forsecuring it to the shoe, and Fig. 5 is the same showing a spur near thepoint for securing it to the shoe.

Similar reference characters refer to similar parts throughout theseveral views.

In the construction of this heel plate I make use of two wings A thatare provided with openings at b, which openings are located at theradial center of the semicircle a of each wing so that an eyelet, as 0,may be passed through the two to form a pivotal bearing upon which thewings may be turned to any desired relative position. This eyelet may beused, also, for the passage of a screw with which to secure this portionof the plate to the shoe, as indicated at C in the several positions inFig. 2. The side a of the wings A are made much less convex than theside a to facilitate the fitting or adjusting of the plates to any formof curve on a shoe heel or sole, thus, at 1, in Fig. 2, the plate ismade to fit a relatively large circled heel by placing the edges aoutward, and at 3 a much smaller circle is formed with the same edgesoutward, while at 2 a very moderate curve is formed by turning one ofthe plates over so that one plate will be placed with the edge a outwardto conform to the edge of the sole and the other plate will have theedge a outward Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 1, 1911.

Serial No. 609,068.

to conform to the short curve at the ball of the foot, and at 4 I haveshown a single wing attached to cover a defect at the opposite side ofthe sole where but a single wing of the plate would be required.

In Fig. at cl represents a number of small apertures made through themetal plate or wing for the passage of shoe nails or brads for securingthe plate to the sole, and in Figs. 5 and 3 (Z represents spurs that maybe cut from the plate and turned downward to be driven into the sole tosecure the plates at this point, or at any other point on the platewhere it may be desired to place such spurs. It will be readilyunderstood that with these wings cut to practically the form shown theymay be readily adjusted to meet any curve upon a shoe sole or heel,whether it be the flat curve of the edge of a sole, or the narrow heelor toe of either a gentlemans or a ladys shoe, or a single wing of theplate may be used for special parts of the sole.

hen these plates are made for use especially upon the heels of shoes itis advisable to rivet them together with an eyelet, as at 0, but whenmade for promiscuous use it is better to make the wings separate as theymay, then, be placed upon the shoe sole or heel either edge out, oreither wing outside, which is sometimes very desirable, especially whenthe wearing of the sole or heel requires the placing of one or the otherof the wings outside, as, for instance, if at 2 in Fig. 2 the part ofthe sole under a should be worn more than that under the wing a the wingat a should be between the wing at a and the sole of the shoe, and viceversa, and the same conditions hold good at the heel or any portion ofthe sole of the shoe.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of theUnited States, is:

1. A heel plate made of two pieces of metal, each made round at one endand the other end of each drawn to a point with the edges convex, andthe two pieces pivoted together at the radial centers of the round ends.

2. A heel plate made of two pieces of metal each made round at one end,the edges of each piece curved upon different circles and terminating ata point at the other end of the piece, the pieces pivoted together atthe radial centers of the rounded ends, and through the holes at theround ends to rivet means for securing the plates to the heel of a thepieces together, and screws for securing shoe. the plates to the shoe.

3. A heel plate made from two pieces of Signed at Grand Rapids MichiganFebru- 5 sheet metal, each having one end rounded, ary 13, 1911.

the edges niade convex L1 3011 difierent circles and meeting at a pointat the other end, JOSEPH JEFFRE' each of said pieces having a holethrough In presence ofthe radial center of the round end and a I. J.CILLEY, 10 hole near the pointed end, an eyelet passed R. L. WVILLIAMs.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C.

